Forerunner.

I bet on builders and the people who move first.

Founder, Land AI. Field reports for builders moving first.

The public bet

AI plus systems plus speed is creating leverage the world has not seen. Builders already ahead get 10x to 100x on top of the edge they had. Everyone else stays flat. Or falls behind.

Easy to call it a slowdown. The deeper move is the market splitting in two. A sort, not a slowdown. Every industry. Every part of society eventually.

Land specifically. The easy-deal era is over. The next two years sort the pros from the rest. I am running that sort in real time at Land AI.

Eleven businesses. One pattern.

• Founder and CEO, Land AI. First conversational AI that qualifies land sellers for investors.
• 11 businesses before Land AI, starting in my teens.
• Block Producer for EOS San Francisco. Helped launch the EOS blockchain at an SF hackathon. After the largest ICO in crypto history. $4.2B.
• Built the 8th app-based laundromat in the US with Speed Queen. No quarters, no credit cards. App only.
• Invented VR Ninjas. The situational awareness mat that stopped people from punching their TVs.
• Soloed a helicopter at 16. One of the youngest licensed helicopter pilots in the nation at 17.

Writing

• The Squeeze and the Separation. The Squeeze coming for operators, industries, and everyone trying to keep up.
• Moves nobody else is making. Finding the move others miss.
• Operator psychology. Running hot. The blind spots that come with it.
• Inside Land AI. Specific stories. Named clients. Real numbers.
• Off-duty. Hunting, soccer, flying, forest, family. Low volume.

Recent Operator Notes

• Issue 05. How to Hire an Acquisitions Manager

  The questions that expose the traits that matter.

• Issue 04. What 10 Million Calls Taught Us About the Land Business (2025)

  The patterns we saw after millions of seller conversations.

• Issue 03. The Old Way of Hiring Is Broken

  What hiring land acquisition managers finally taught me.